Whale Island
Whale Island is an island in Sitka, Southeastern Alaska.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel and Japonski Island.
Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel
Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.
Japonski Island
Island
Japonski Island is a small island in the city of Sitka in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States. It lies across the Sitka Channel from Sitka's central business district.
Sitka National Historical Park
Park
Photo: Lordkinbote, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sitka National Historical Park is a national historical park in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was redesignated as a national historical park from its previous status as national monument on October 18, 1972.
Whale Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Kitovi Island”, “Ostrov Kitovey”, “Quitoway Island”, and “Whalebone Island”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Sitka, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.02512° or 57° 1′ 30″ northLongitude
-135.34391° or 135° 20′ 38″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
94962MG4+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 373996303OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5558429
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